Epidemiological aspects of the Brazilian spotted fever: seasonal activity of ticks collected in an endemic area in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Elba R.s. De Lemos¹  Raimundo D. Machado¹  José R. Coura¹  Maria A.a. Guimarães¹  Nicolau M. Serra Freire¹  Marinete Amorim¹  Gilberto Salles Gazeta¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

关键词: Brazilian spotted fever;    Ticks;    Seasonality;    Epidemiology;    Febre maculosa brasileira;    Carrapatos;    Sazonalidade;    Epidemiologia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86821997000300002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Ticks were collected from vegetation and animals at monthly intervals during one year (1993-1994) in an endemic area of Brazilian spotted fever in the County of Pedreira, State of São Paulo. Six species of ticks were identified Amblyomma cajennense, Amblyomma cooperi, Amblyomma triste, Anocentor nitens, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Boophilus microplus. Only the first species was sufficiently numerous to permit a quantitative study with seasonal activity, although the distribution and source of capture of other species were observed and are reported. This information is correlated with the epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsiosis.

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